Online social networks are getting unsafe

Truly speaking, social networking sites are becoming one of most unsafe, insecure zones in the globe! First it was Twitter and if recent reports are relied upon too, Facebook has joined the bandwagon too. Have you been able to discern the development? Copious numbers of Twitter users were worst hit by virile phishing attacks over the weekend that have already given rise to spam runs from compromised accounts.

It’s time to get more pertinent. What did happen in reality was that reprobates committed themselves to the painstaking efforts of posting messages camouflaged as amusing updates on the Twitter micro-blogging service as part of a continual attack that started on Saturday. Well, the messages were indeed funny and were staged as hilarious as it could be. While one of those stated, "Lol. this is me??", the others stood for "Lol , this is funny." and "Lol. this you??" - included links to a counterfeit Twitter login page hosted in China, located under the domain BZPharma.net. Got it? Have you been able to identify the perpetrators? We’re still searching!

But it should be said that the micro-blogging site warned of the attack on Sunday and also advised anyone that had fallen for the ruse to change their passwords speedily, sooner than hackers had a chance to change login credentials to take over compromised accounts. It is to be noted that the BZPharma.net domain prospective marks are directed towards is actually designed to harvest Twitter login details for later misuse in spam and identity theft-based attacks.

In the beginning, the phishing lures appeared as direct messages on Twitter, but later dangerous links were posted in public feeds often by means of a service called GroupTweet, net security firm Sophos reports.

What’s the problem with Facebook then? Well, many Facebook users by now have become beguiled into joining a phone group to enjoy supposed benefits of a non-existent Gold account.